Chapter 75: The Iron Hammer of Fun

Driving the spirit puppet

utilizes the power of a contract.

The stronger the contractor, the more power injected into the spirit puppet,

and the more terrifying the strength the spirit puppet can unleash.

To turn the tide against her disadvantage,

Helibea resolutely poured all her holy power and soul

force into the contract mark on her chest. Instantly, Helibea’s

complexion grew paler, and she weakly knelt to the ground. But even

so, her eyes remained fixed on that golden figure.

“Finish her! Ice Princess!”

With the infusion of soul force,

in an instant,

the Ice Princess’s body radiated an even more dazzling blue light. Her cold aura

intensified swiftly, as if the entire world had frozen over.

The cold air surged around her like a tangible force. Her

presence grew more terrifying, and the whole capital trembled under the oppression of this powerful cold.

The vast Sun Crown Palace was enveloped by the domain formed by her cold aura.

Within this domain, even mana and holy power would freeze.

Many soldiers of the Pardon Army tried to charge into the Sun Crown Palace to support Helibea,

but the moment they stepped inside and inhaled the cold air,

their hearts and lungs froze, and they dropped dead on the spot. Not only that, nearby

raging death demons, merely passing by, were caught in the spreading cold aura

and instantly turned into ice sculptures.

Without a doubt,

the Sun Crown Palace had now become a forbidden realm that ordinary people could not set foot in.

“Oh?”

Seeing the fox-eared girl’s power soar again, Youka let out a faint

exclamation and cast a sidelong glance at the silver threads surrounding her.

Lo and behold,

the silver threads that had previously sliced countless ice blades were now also frozen by the cold air,

shattering into pieces and falling downward.

“This is getting interesting.”

However,

Youka seemed to have no time to marvel,

because in the next instant,

driven by Helibea’s command, the Ice Princess suddenly raised her hand

and slammed it heavily onto the ground.

Vast ice-attributed mana surged rapidly. The ground split open,

and blue frost spread swiftly, forming a massive ice-blue magic circle.

The circle gleamed with complex runes and patterns, exuding intense cold and mana.

The air throughout the capital solidified at that moment, as if time itself had frozen.

Then,

the light of the magic circle grew even more dazzling. Seven or eight enormous ice flood dragons coalesced from the circle. Each dragon radiated intense cold, their bodies covered in thick ice scales, their eyes shimmering with icy light. They existed like monarchs of snow and ice, bearing boundless majesty and power. Upon materializing, these ice constructs seemed to come alive, letting out deafening roars. Their massive bodies writhed in the air, and the cold around them formed a chilling storm. Their targets locked onto Youka, and with endless killing intent and destructive force, they roared and charged at her.

“Hm?”

Youka leaped up, swiftly dodging the pounce of five ice flood dragons.

But the ice dragons’ attack didn’t end there.

Seeing Youka jump into the air, one ice dragon suddenly opened its colossal maw. A powerful cold gathered in its throat, then shot out.

The frost breath was so fast that it was impossible to counter.

Yet Youka sidestepped unhurriedly and evaded it directly. Then, the breath shot straight into the sky, instantly freezing the clouds above, creating a snowy sky. A chilling wind howled, ice crystals danced in the air; the entire sky seemed sealed in ice. Blue light flickered in the clouds, appearing both eerie and beautiful.

Failing once, two other ice dragons followed suit, opening their maws again. Two streams of frost breath surged toward Youka with overwhelming momentum.

In response,

the puppet girl waved her hands, and silver threads converged into two large nets, blocking the frost breath.

“Crack”

The next moment,

the silver-thread nets shattered instantly.

Though they didn’t completely neutralize the breath, they altered the attack’s direction.

That icy blue light crashed fiercely into the distant capital wall. The cold surged like a flood, freezing everything in its path. The towering wall, fragile before this powerful cold, was instantly covered in frost. Cracks spread rapidly, and finally the entire wall collapsed into countless frozen fragments. Guards and buildings on the wall froze in an instant, becoming ice statues.

Countless citizens, before they could understand what was happening, turned into eternal sculptures.

…

Seeing two attacks fail, the fox-eared girl narrowed her brow.

Under her will,

the ice dragons’ attacks grew fiercer. Huge claws

and icy breath struck in turn, as if trying to tear her apart. But

the puppet girl’s movements remained swift and agile, gracefully evading the dragons’ attacks in the high sky. Silver threads danced in the air, weaving

defensive nets that neutralized each assault. Yet her defense

seemed increasingly strained against this powerful force; the silver light

gradually dimmed.

Though she tried to cut the ice dragons with silver threads, the gaps she made

quickly healed with cold air.

Youka’s attacks seemed to have little effect.

Hmm?

This is getting a bit troublesome…

Youka thought to herself with some frustration, and cast a sidelong glance

toward the west gate of the Holy Royal Palace, where her master was.

…

Watching all this from within an ice barrier, Helibea’s

smile grew more excited.

The Ice Princess’s assault was becoming fiercer, while the golden-haired maid grew increasingly passive!

At this rate,

she would likely reach her limit soon!

Helibea judged internally.

“Just a little more…”

Raising her weak right hand to her chest, Helibea seemed ready to

pour more power into the Ice Princess.

However,

“Crack…”

Just then, a crisp sound reached Helibea’s ears, startling her. She looked up in confusion at the ice barrier beside her.

“What’s wrong? … Huh?! This, this is?!?!”

In an instant,

Helibea’s eyes shrank. Shock and panic were evident on her face.

For, reflected in Helibea’s eyes, the once-impenetrable ice barrier now showed hideous cracks. The next moment, under Helibea’s terrified gaze, the ice barrier was torn open with a massive gap by some terrifying force. A dagger shot in.

“Splash!!”

With blood spraying, the dagger struck Helia’s chest without deviation.

Trembling, she stared at the dagger in her chest, her eyes full of disbelief.

Before she could understand what happened, a terrible corrosion spread from the dagger.

“Aaaaaaaahhh!!!”

Under the intense pain, Helia writhed in agony, rolling on the ground, screaming heartrendingly. At the same time, the contract mark on her chest lost its luster… Under the effect of the dagger, the connection between Helia and her spirit puppet was forcibly severed.

…

On the other side, as the link broke, the Ice Princess, who had been charging at Youka with an ice blade under the dragons’ cover, suddenly shuddered. A flicker of bewilderment flashed in her ice-blue eyes.

And in that moment of confusion, a silver thread from nowhere wrapped around the Ice Princess’s ankle.

The next moment, when the puppet girl twitched her fingers, the fox-eared girl’s balance was instantly broken.

“Waaah!!!”

“Boom~”

With a loud crash, the two ice blades were flung away. The Ice Princess fell flat on her face in a very comical pose, eating dirt.

“Wuwuwu…”

Shaking her head, twitching her ears, hands on the ground, the Ice Princess wobbled her head up and coughed out the mud she had accidentally swallowed.

Then, her eyes suddenly narrowed. She stared ahead with vigilance and unease.

And there, a graceful golden-haired maid had already appeared, standing silently before the fox-eared girl, a smile on her face.

Calmly looking down at the bewildered fox-eared girl on the ground, Youka asked respectfully:

“May I ask, have you had enough fun?”

While smiling and asking, under the Ice Princess’s uneasy gaze, Youka slowly pulled a huge, ferocious iron hammer from under her skirt…

Ice Princess: ??!!!

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